Hundreds of Iraqi Insurgents Killed

This story and others like it disturb me simply by the use of the word insurgent. I find a hard time thinking of the actual residents of Iraq who are opposing their occupation as insurgents. I mean it makes some sense, but in another sense the US were the insurgents, but they moved from the barn to the house and the rest of the residents are on the outside looking in - just like they were before. This is a not a well presented point, but the word insurgent has been bothering me so I just had to get it out.